Kolkata: A youth was arrested and sent to police custody for seven days in connection with the rape of a six-year-old girl in the Suti Police Station area of Murshidabad district.

The accused allegedly took the girl behind a bush and raped her during a power outage in the village on Tuesday evening.

The accused was produced before the Jangipur sub-divisional court, which remanded him to seven days' police custody, the police said on Thursday

Regarding the incident, Farakka Sub-divisional Police Officer Sk. Shamsuddin said, "The accused has been arrested and is presently in police custody. He is being interrogated. The victim has been sent for a medical examination. Efforts are being made to complete the investigation quickly."

The police said that the initial interrogation revealed th

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